COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974

Consumer Protection Notice No 18 of 2010

PERMANENT BAN ON GOODS

I, CRAIG EMERSON, Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs, pursuant to section 65C(7) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 IMPOSE a permanent ban on goods of a kind specified below.

Particulars of goods:

A "No Holes Tongue Stud" and similar products as described below are unsafe goods.

Description of a "No Holes Tongue Stud":

(i) a small bead with an opening on one side only, which acts to create a vacuum; and

(ii) is intended for use as jewellery on the human tongue, without the need for piercing.

Dated this 30th day of June 2010

CRAIG EMERSON

Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs